"The Lost World (2001 film) The Lost World is a 2001 adaptation of the novel of the same name by Arthur Conan Doyle, directed by Stuart Orme and adapted by Tony Mulholland and Adrian Hodges. It was filmed at various locations on the West Coast of New Zealand. The mini-series consisted of two 75 minute episodes which were broadcast on BBC One on 25 and 26 December 2001, receiving 8.68 million and 6.98 million viewers respectively. Bob Hoskins played Professor Challenger and was supported by James Fox, Peter Falk, Matthew Rhys, Tom Ward and Elaine Cassidy. While in the Amazon"
"based on Conan Doyle's friend, the British Consul and Irish nationalist Roger Casement. The following actors have portrayed Roxton in adaptations of ""The Lost World"": Lord John Roxton Lord John Roxton (a fictional title derived from the English parish of Roxton, Bedfordshire) is a supporting character in the Professor Challenger series of stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. He makes his initial appearance in the first entry of this series, ""The Lost World"", wherein he is a member of the expedition to the eponymous land of the title, and is a prominent character in some of the subsequent stories as well,"
"Moriarty, is widely considered to be the first true example of a supervillain, while Sherlock Holmes has become a by-word for a detective. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories featuring Holmes, from 1880 up to 1907, with a final case in 1914. All but four Conan Doyle stories are narrated by Holmes' friend, assistant, and biographer, Dr John H. Watson. The Lost World literary genre was inspired by real stories of archaeological discoveries by imperial adventurers. H. Rider Haggard wrote one of the earliest examples, ""King Solomon's Mines"" in 1885. Contemporary European politics and diplomatic manoeuvrings informed"
"The Lost World (TV series) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World is a syndicated television series loosely based on the 1912 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ""The Lost World"". The show premiered in the United States in the fall of 1999 (after the TV-movie/pilot aired in February on DirecTV and then on the cable television channel TNT in April). It ran for three seasons before it was cancelled on a cliffhanger in 2002 after funding for a fourth season fell through. To this day, the cliffhanger remains unresolved. All three seasons were released in DVD box sets in"
"Lord John Roxton Lord John Roxton (a fictional title derived from the English parish of Roxton, Bedfordshire) is a supporting character in the Professor Challenger series of stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. He makes his initial appearance in the first entry of this series, ""The Lost World"", wherein he is a member of the expedition to the eponymous land of the title, and is a prominent character in some of the subsequent stories as well, specifically ""The Poison Belt"" and ""The Land of Mist"". The narrator of ""The Lost World"", Edward D. Malone, describes him as being tall and thin,"
"Broached"". Miles refuses to speak of Holmes, referring to him only as ""the other chap"". Frequent speculation as to the ""real"" Holmes has existed since publication, and Mark Frost's novel ""The List of Seven"" (1993) and its sequel ""The Six Messiahs"" (1995) are not the first to put a spin on this. Frost has Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as its main character and tells the (fictional) story of how Doyle's Holmes was inspired by Johnathon Sparks, a mysterious man who saves Doyle's life from a mad occultist. The Wold Newton family series connects multiple famous fictional characters together to a"
"them for possible future publication. Also, after his capture, Oldacre reveals that he also believed Holmes to be dead. The Wishbone Mysteries novel ""Forgotten Heroes"" references the Adventure of the Norwood Builder. The Adventure of the Norwood Builder ""The Adventure of the Norwood Builder"", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the second tale from ""The Return of Sherlock Holmes"". The story was first published in ""The Strand Magazine"" in 1903 with original illustrations by Sidney Paget. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are visited by ""the unhappy John Hector McFarlane"","
"attentions of a female vampire. Bram Stoker's horror story ""Dracula"" (1897) belongs to a number of literary genres, including vampire literature, horror fiction, gothic novel and invasion literature. Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant London-based ""consulting detective"", famous for his intellectual prowess. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring Holmes, which were published between 1887 and 1927. All but four Holmes stories are narrated by Holmes' friend, assistant, and biographer, Dr. Watson. The Lost World literary genre was inspired by real stories of archaeological discoveries by imperial adventurers. H. Rider Haggard wrote one of the"
"Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle, civil rights activist Booker T. Washington, and Mark Twain. Conan Doyle wrote ""The Crime of the Congo"" in 1908, while Twain gave the most famous contribution with the satirical short story ""King Leopold's Soliloquy"". Conrad and Ford Madox Ford also included a devastating parody of Leopold II in their cowritten novel ""The Inheritors"". Morel's best allies, however, may have been the Christian missionaries who furnished him with eyewitness accounts and photographs of the atrocities, such as those given by the Americans William Morrison and William Henry Sheppard, and the British John Hobbis Harris and"
"DVD in 4:3 PAL under the title, ""The Lost World The Beginning"" by ILC Prime licensed by Fremantle Corporation. Note: The Pilot TV Movie was edited down into episodes 1 ""The Journey Begins"" & episode 2 ""Stranded"" for the TV series. The Lost World (TV series) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World is a syndicated television series loosely based on the 1912 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ""The Lost World"". The show premiered in the United States in the fall of 1999 (after the TV-movie/pilot aired in February on DirecTV and then on the cable television channel TNT"
"The idea of a gorilla kidnapping and lusting for a human woman is an old concept as reflected in Emmanuel Frémiet's 1887 sculpture ""Gorilla Carrying off a Woman"". ""King Kong"" was influenced by the ""Lost World"" literary genre, particularly Arthur Conan Doyle's ""The Lost World"" (1912) and Edgar Rice Burroughs' ""The Land That Time Forgot"" (1918), which depicted remote and isolated jungles teeming with prehistoric life. Furthermore, a film adaptation of the Doyle novel made movie history in 1925, with special effects by Willis O'Brien and the ""Kong"" crew. In one of the more blatant attempts to inject iconic cult"
"Richard Van Helsing, a vampire who destroyed Count Dracula. Along with Professor Challenger, Holmes visited a secret valley of dinosaurs in South America in 1896, which became the basis for Doyle's novel ""The Lost World"". The same year he worked with the American Secret Service ""Elsewhere"" to stop paranormal threats from another dimension. In 1910 he discovered a life extension serum. At the beginning of World War I he had a final confrontation with Professor Moriarty. After the war, he moved to Ukraine, giving Arthur Conan Doyle the task to convince everyone that he was just an imaginary character. With"
"The Story of the Lost Special ""The Story of the Lost Special"", sometimes abbreviated to ""The Lost Special"", is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle first published as part of the ""Round the Fire"" series in ""The Strand Magazine"" of August 1898. It is implied to be a Sherlock Holmes story, though his name is not used. The story's narrative mode is third person, subjective, though the narrator is not identified. This story concerns the baffling disappearance of a privately hired train (a special) on its journey from Liverpool to London on 3 June 1890; besides the train crew"
"Arthur Conan Doyle - El Mundo Perdido, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle"" bilingual French Spanish, Numéro 9, Année 1, Asuncion 2013. Lost world The lost world is a subgenre of the fantasy or science fiction genres that involves the discovery of an unknown world out of time, place, or both. It began as a subgenre of the late-Victorian adventure romance and remains popular into the 21st century. The genre arose during an era when the fascinating remnants of lost civilizations around the world were being discovered, such as the tombs of Egypt's Valley of the Kings, the semi-mythical stronghold of Troy,"
"). The 2002 animated adventure ""Dinosaur Island"" is an attempt to blend the original story with the popular reality series format, and was written by John Loy, writer of similar productions such as ""The Land Before Time"". Rafael Chandler's 2016 supplement ""The World of the Lost"" for the OSR ""Lamentations of the Flame Princess Weird Fantasy Role-Playing"" game system references the Doyle book not only in its title, but also in the its contents and setting themes, including prehistoric creatures on a plateau and a savage war forming the setting's background. The characters of Ed Malone and Lord John Roxton"
"Another fictional railway mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle, ""The Story of the Man with the Watches"", is an 1898 locked room mystery in which an unknown man is found in a railway compartment with six watches; an unnamed criminal investigator theorizes a solution to the mystery. The Story of the Lost Special ""The Story of the Lost Special"", sometimes abbreviated to ""The Lost Special"", is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle first published as part of the ""Round the Fire"" series in ""The Strand Magazine"" of August 1898. It is implied to be a Sherlock Holmes story, though his"
"and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He appeared in four novels and fifty-six short stories, all but four stories narrated by his associate, the notable Dr Watson. These works cover in fiction a period from around 1878 up to 1907, with a final case in 1914. Both characters also appear in many pastiches. Holmes is a brilliant London-based and self-styled ""consulting detective"". In their debut (the 1887 novel, ""A Study in Scarlet""), he tells Watson that this occupation is unique (which at that date it was). As a retired army doctor, Dr Watson is far closer to the stereotypic English"
"1930, while the writer ""most wanted to be remembered as a champion of spiritualism and as a historical novelist, it is Sherlock Holmes who has continued to capture the imagination of the public."" The majority of Doyle's poetry falls into the genre of war poetry. Arthur Conan Doyle bibliography Arthur Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (1859–1930) was a Scottish writer and physician. In addition to the series of stories chronicling the activities of Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr John Watson for which he is well-known, Doyle wrote on a wide range of topics, both fictional and non-fictional. In 1876 Doyle"
"cast to the Otherworld in the aftermath, and Slaine assisted Gael in finally destroying Odacon and the parasitic spawn with which he had infested the outer-lying villages. With Gael as High King of Ireland and founder of the eventual Gaelic race, Slaine left to track down his son. He found Kai at a travelling funfair, and later embarked on a quest to track down Crom Dubh. Sláine's most obvious sources are Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian and Cúchulainn the hero of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Mills derived much of the background to the series from Celtic mythology"
"archaeological finds by imperial adventurers succeeded in capturing the public's imagination. Between 1871 and the First World War, the number of published lost world narratives, set in every continent, dramatically increased. The genre has similar themes to ""mythical kingdoms"", such as El Dorado. ""King Solomon's Mines"" (1885) by H. Rider Haggard is sometimes considered the first lost-world narrative. Haggard's novel shaped the form and influenced later lost-world narratives, including Rudyard Kipling's ""The Man Who Would Be King"" (1888), Arthur Conan Doyle's ""The Lost World"" (1912), Edgar Rice Burroughs' ""The Land That Time Forgot"" (1918), A. Merritt's ""The Moon Pool"" (1918),"
"The Lost World (1992 film) The Lost World is a 1992 film, based on the book of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The movie is set in Africa rather than the book's setting of South America, and the character of Lord John Roxton has been replaced with a female character played by Tamara Gorski. It was followed by a sequel the same year, Return to the Lost World, with the same director and main cast. Set in 1912, the film opens on Edward Malone, a junior reporter looking for an adventurous assignment. Malone is sent to interview"
"Arthur Conan Doyle. This is similar to the way that ""Too Many Magicians"" was modeled on a famous novel by Rex Stout (whose Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have counterparts in the novel's universe in the Marquis de London and his Special Investigator, Lord Bontriomphe). In the eleventh chapter of ""Ten Little Wizards"", Kurland sets Lord Darcy's rank in the peerage as a Baron. Also: Michael Kurland's 1969 novel ""The Unicorn Girl"" features protagonists who jump into a series of alternate timelines — and one of the timelines they land in is Lord Darcy's. However, while several minor characters from"
"The Adventure of the Priory School ""The Adventure of the Priory School"", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as ""The Return of Sherlock Holmes"". Doyle ranked ""The Adventure of the Priory School"" tenth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. Holmes receives a visit from Dr. Thorneycroft Huxtable, the founder and principal of a preparatory school called Priory School in Northern England. He beseeches Holmes to come back to Mackleton with him to look into the disappearance of one"
"such that many have believed him to be not a fictional character but a real individual; numerous literary and fan societies have been founded that pretend to operate on this principle. Widely considered a British cultural icon, the character and stories have had a profound and lasting effect on mystery writing and popular culture as a whole, with the original tales as well as thousands written by authors other than Conan Doyle being adapted into stage and radio plays, television, films, video games, and other media for over one hundred years. Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin is generally acknowledged"
"beings created in imitation of fictional characters. Historical characters whose afterlives have been explored include the Pharaoh Akhenaten, Socrates, the Emperor Claudius, Jesus of Nazareth, Vlad the Impaler, Richard III, Henry VIII, Ann Boleyn, William Shakespeare, Arthur Conan Doyle, Adolf Hitler, J.R.R. Tolkien, Philip K Dick and Kurt Cobain. Remake characters in the series include a Don Juan, a Richard III, a Lemuel Gulliver, a Man with No Name, an Inigo Montoya, and multiple Sherlock Holmeses, Dr. Watsons and other associated characters. It is revealed in ""Of the City of the Saved..."" that the City is actually the body of"
"The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter ""The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter"", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by the British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as ""The Return of Sherlock Holmes"". It was originally published in ""The Strand Magazine"" in 1904 with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Mr. Cyril Overton of Trinity College, Cambridge, comes to Holmes seeking his help in Godfrey Staunton's disappearance. Staunton is the key man on Overton's rugby union team (who plays at the three-quarters position, hence the story's title) and they will not"
"The Adventure of Silver Blaze ""The Adventure of Silver Blaze"", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 in the cycle collected as ""The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"". Doyle ranked ""Silver Blaze"" 13th in a list of his 19 favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. One of the most popular Sherlock Holmes short stories, ""Silver Blaze"" focuses on the disappearance of the eponymous race horse (a famous winner) on the eve of an important race and on the apparent murder of its trainer. The tale is distinguished by its atmospheric"
"serialized publication in the ""Strand Magazine"". The editor refused, feeling that such hoaxes were potentially damaging. Hodder & Stoughton had no such qualms and featured the image in the first book edition. Since then, the following actors have played the role: Professor Challenger George Edward Challenger is a fictional character in a series of fantasy and science fiction stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Unlike Conan Doyle's self-controlled, analytical character, Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger is an aggressive, hot-tempered, dominating figure. Like Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger was based on real persons—in this case, an explorer named Percy Fawcett, who was Conan"
"dismissed after the events of this case and Watson's portrayal of her in the novel affected her reputation to the point that she was unable to find work. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet ""The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet"", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the eleventh of the twelve stories collected in ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"". The story was first published in ""Strand Magazine"" in May 1892. A banker, Mr. Alexander Holder of Streatham, makes a loan of £50,000 to a socially prominent client, who leaves"
"elements. Despite its non-canonical plot, it received good reviews. The Hound of the Baskervilles The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in ""The Strand Magazine"" from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his"
"house at Dryfont in Derbyshire. An apparition at the house convinced the two friends of the reality of the spirit world and they set out to explore The Land of Mist further. Challenger joined the investigation ostensibly to demonstrate the fallacies of psychic research but became convinced of the reality of intercourse with the spirits of the dead and announced his conversion in a polemic carried by The Spectator magazine. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was the first person to portray Professor Challenger, dressing and making up as the professor for a photograph he wanted included in ""The Lost Worlds initial"
"Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket"" (1838) has certain lost world elements towards the end of the tale. James Hilton's ""Lost Horizon"" (1933) enjoyed popular success in using the genre as a takeoff for popular philosophy and social comment. It introduced the name Shangri-La, a meme for the idealization of the lost world as a paradise. Similar books where the inhabitants of the lost world are seen as superior to the outsiders, are Joseph O'Neill's ""Land under England"" (1935) and Douglas Valder Duff's ""Jack Harding’s Quest"" (1939). Hergé also explores the theme in his comics ""The Seven Crystal Balls"" and ""Prisoners"
"In the short story ""Flashman and the Tiger"" by George MacDonald Fraser, Fraser's anti-hero Harry Flashman sets out to murder Moran, who is blackmailing Flashman's granddaughter. He trails Moran to Camden House, but instead witnesses Holmes capture him. The Adventure of the Empty House ""The Adventure of the Empty House"", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as ""The Return of Sherlock Holmes"". Public pressure forced Conan Doyle to bring the sleuth back to life, and explain his apparently miraculous survival of"